Andy and Alyssa finish off the original Goosebumps series with #62: Monster Blood IV. They discuss RL Stine’s ambivalence; knitting; possible time warps; some number of mice; #EggWatch; Peachtree Street; embarrassment; Niles’s and Frasier’s los brother; the military-industrial complex; Prospero; blaming women; Genesis (ca. 900-700 BCE); Pandora; non sequitur sequels; the Star Wars prequels (1999-2005); Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999); cute and menacing horrors; Critters (1986); the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man; multiplying monsters; Aliens (1986); Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956; 1978); the Cold War; slapping cosmetic changes on a recurring villain; Halloween H2O (1998); food supply horror; Troll 2 (1990); Delicatessen (1991); Agustina Bazterrica’s Tender is the Flesh (2017); terrible friends and family; Jawbreaker (1999); Julia Fine’s The Upstairs House (2021); dehydration horror; Lot’s wife; hair horror; Elfriede Jelinek’s Die Kinder der Toten (1995); Exte (2007); Bad Hair (2020); underwater fighting forces; & Danny Torrance. They also make an announcement about a Goosebump of their own. // Music by Haunted Corpse // Follow @saypodanddie on Twitter and Instagram, and get in touch at saypodanddie@gmail.com
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